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Post by adcooper on Oct 9, 2013 9:47:02 GMT -5
Yesterday afternoon, about 9 kids (ages 9-12) were hanging out in the library, getting a bit loud. I wander over and tell them I can't hear myself think, please pipe down. One girl smiles and says cheerfully (and loudly), "Oh! You dyed your hair! I like that color. Cool!" One of the boys looks at her like she's crazy and says (loudly), "How do you even notice that?" I return to the desk and bang my head on it. Quietly.
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Post by ZenRider on Oct 9, 2013 10:14:24 GMT -5
Yah know, at least they are talking to one another. Kills me when I see kids together all on their smart phones not communicating at all with the kids they are actually with (though I suppose they may be texting or looking at each others facebooks, twitters and such  ) or, like in places like the Tetons and Yellowstone, not absorbing their current surroundings. Except where they couldn't get service and you'd hear them complaining about that.  I wonder if eventually we'll start calling smartphones dumbphones? However, it was nice of her to notice your hair. The boy will someday learn noticing stuff like that will keep him out of a lot of trouble. Will have to buy you some cushioning for your desk, wouldn't want you to get a concussion.  |
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Post by adcooper on Oct 9, 2013 11:22:03 GMT -5
Everything you say is true. But if they were doing this right next to the place where you were trying to focus on work, or help a patron who actually wants to use the library, you'd also tire of it after...oh...every single school day of the year, from 2:30 until 6:00!  |
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Post by ZenRider on Oct 12, 2013 14:08:47 GMT -5
No I get it. The problem is they haven't learned where it's appropriate to be verbally social. Maybe set up a 'noisy' area? Warn patrons that the hours immediately after school are the newly designated noisy hours? Provide ear plugs? As a now ex-delivery driver (no I didn't lose or leave my job, I'm a real truck driver now. ) You'd think more people would want their kids to be safe on the roads by teaching them that they too have to follow the road rules and travel the direction of traffic, to look before crossing, to at the very least slow down before blowing off stop signs. Not to blow through stop signs ever where traffic is heavy. Not to run into the road chasing a toy. To always assume the car has right away as it is much heavier and more solid then a human, etc... Yet it would seem, many parents would rather hire a lawyer after their child is injured or killed by a motorist instead teaching them to be responsible and safe. |
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Post by Bara on Oct 12, 2013 16:16:38 GMT -5
Always trust Zen for the good, down-to-earth advice. You are so right.
(Congratulations! Is this a promotion??) Tell, about your new duties!!
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Post by ZenRider on Oct 12, 2013 21:20:05 GMT -5
Yeah, well, shoot them and bury them in the backyard tends to just complicate issues more then solve them. OK, that, and I do tend to be one of those annoying peacenik types.  |
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) or, like in places like the Tetons and Yellowstone, not absorbing their current surroundings. Except where they couldn't get service and you'd hear them complaining about that. 
I wonder if eventually we'll start calling smartphones dumbphones?
